Those attacking the Greens for an inheritance tax should note international rates; Japan 55%, South Korea 50%, France 45%, United Kingdom 40%, United States 40%, Spain 34% Ireland 33%, Belgium 30%, Germany 30%, Chile 25%, Greece 20%, Netherlands 20%, Finland 19%, Denmark 15%

Fuck these are some ridiculous scenarios we're supposed to feel sorry for their made up characters in

This is gaslighting. Literally hundreds of officials working in pay equity could explain to her how comparators work if she actually cared to learn. It's using different jobs in a careful, systematic way, looking at elements of skills, duties, training, to develop a framework

And this is the guts of it. If there isn't a male workforce with the same or similar employer, or in the same industry- then bad luck no pay equity for you.

Waiting for the outraged videos from Bishop and Willis about the lies being told about pay equity on this *absolute nonsense*?

$4.8b direct public investment in renewable energy costed in the Green Budget 💚

"The Growth Budget" has just one growth-oriented policy, estimated by Tsy to raise GDP by a mere 1% over 20 years (0.5% in total in the next five). We were, of course, promised "bold steps". Simply unserious

18 year olds today have just been robbed of $60,000 for their retirement. That’s based on removing $260 a year with average of 6% annual return. National have previously. - axed the $1000 kickstart - removed $521 a year in govt contributions - taxed employer contributions

Cos they all have the option to attend a public school. We don't subsidise a private swimming pool in your backyard if you don't want to use a public pool, and shouldn't for schools either. Meanwhile public schools get real terms funding cuts

So according to Treasury, the KiwiSaver changes are gonna mean less in the pocket each week for low income people. Someone on the minimum wage, $9.40 a week, and if you're on $70,000 a year, it's $26! Last year's tax cut for that person on $70,000: $15.38 a week

Your advice from Treasury says someone on $70,000 a year currently on the 3% contribution will have $26 a week less in the hand. How much was their tax cut again?

An 8.3 percent increase in net core Crown debt by 2029 is the difference between a responsible budget to secure our future and marxism. The absolute state of this country’s political discourse.

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

This you Judith?

Don't disagree that the ETS isn't working, but "sheep and beef land" is a stretch... Just cos it's been farmed for a few decades doesn't mean it's the natural and immutable state of it

The Greens reckon there may be a hole of hundreds of millions of dollars in increased KiwiSaver contributions for public sector workers in the Govt’s budget. My #cartoon #NZpol #Budget2025

One of many odd things about this campaign is - what do they actually want the sheep for? They're not saying what products people should buy, or why they're valuable. They always tell us farms are businesses, but what's the business proposition here?

so y'know how the govt has gone on about the 'funded sector' being the reason that Pay Equity costs had 'blown out'. This is what the profile of workers in that sector is: (Govt funded, mostly women and 75% of them earning less than $50,000)

For those who like to think of the govt in household terms : imagine you own a $600k property, you owe $200k and earn $180k a year. Your interest payments are abt 5 percent of your income. These guys are telling you not to put in a heat pump or insulate the kids' room

"Invest in education" = spending on 215 kids in charters more than 10 times what it costs to educate kids in public schools. And spending public money to subsidise private schools with fees of over $20,000 a year